Croftengea is the name for a peaty whisky made at the Loch Lomond distillery, which is famous for its different expressions named after the islands in the loch. This one has aged for 14 years in an ex-bourbon cask and only 257 bottles were produced.

Nose: Subtle peat smoke, wrapped up in sweet vanilla and a touch of butter.

Palate: Quite nutty – almonds, pistachios, and chocolate peanuts. Still has some smoky elements running through it.

Finish: Lingering peppery spice.

A 2002 Pulteney single malt from independent bottler Hunter Laing that was matured in a single ex-bourbon barrel for 19 years, before being bottled in February 2022 as part of its Old Malt Cask series.

TASTING NOTES:

NOSE: Clean, Citrus, Slightly maritime.

PALATE: Honey sweetness, herbal, white pepper.

FINISH: Long with more sweet herbal.

A great example of the Aultmore's depth and complexity - distilled back in 2010 and filled into a refill butt. After 11 years of maturation it was released in 2022.

Tullamore Dew is a distinctively smooth Irish whiskey; experts have described its flavour as "warm, sweet spices, pleasant maltiness with toasted wood hints and a creamy vanilla smoothness".

Surprise mix of beers

The poppy is a bright red wild flower, in the subfamily Papaveroideae of the family Papaveraceae. This is a curious, fruity liqueur with a candied characteristic.

Commercial description

Shannon Ridge High Elevation is a true celebration of our sustainably-farmed, mountain-grown fruit. Crafted in a robust, food-friendly style, these wines bring together three very special appellations within Lake County: High Valley, Red Hills and Big Valley. Here, the grapes develop the ripe, full flavours, complexity and structure that make these wines perfect for gathering together your favourite people around the table. Enjoy the rich taste of the high life.

Clusters from High Valley deliver bright red fruit and tannin, fruit from Red Hills contributes lush, ripe fruit character, and our Big Valley grapes add complexity and texture to our Cabernet Sauvignon.

Decadent blackberry and dried cranberry flavors with notes of pepper and allspice lead to a lengthy, satisfying finish marked by hints of cedar and toasted oak.

Commercial description

Shannon Ridge High Elevation is a true celebration of our sustainably-farmed, mountain-grown fruit. Crafted in a robust, food-friendly style, these wines bring together three very special appellations within Lake County: High Valley, Red Hills and Big Valley. Here, the grapes develop the ripe, full flavours, complexity and structure that make these wines perfect for gathering together your favourite people around the table. Enjoy the rich taste of the high life.

High Valley fruit adds lively citrus flavours and bright acidity, grapes from Red Hills contribute generous, ripe fruit character balanced by the grassiness and mineral tones of fruit from Big Valley

Coddington Chardonnay is made with grapes grown on a West Auckland vineyard owned by Tim and Angela Coddington, who have provided grapes to Kumeu River Wines since 1998; originally used in the Estate Chardonnay.

The grapes from this vineyard has since proven to have such rich, distinctive flavours that the Brajkovich family decided to create a single vineyard Chardonnay, initally in 2006. 

Kumeu River Coddington Chardonnay is ripe, peachy and rich with supple approachability, density, concentration and luscious creaminess. This makes the wine easy to drink at an early stage and it will age well too.

Kumeu River Wines began life as San Marino Wines in 1944 when Croatian immigrant couple, Mick and Katé Brajkovich, bought a small property with a vineyard on it. Their descendents now own and run Kumeu River Wines, which produces 250,000 bottles of wine annually from its owns 30 hectares of vineyards in Kumeu and from another 10 hectares, owned by local grape growers. 

Delicious cherry liqueur from De Kuyper. Popular in cocktails, for long drinks and in desserts.

Right here is a beer as American as the fourth of July. Monumental American Brown Ale throws nothing but strikes at the malt/hop sweet spot – balancing those more-ish, malt-driven chocolate, caramel and toasty notes with a punch of all-American Simcoe and Sabro hops. It’s medium-bodied, full-flavoured, and available for a limited time only. Yee-haw.

While Brettanomyces (‘Brett’) yeast is known for producing the funky flavours and aromas in wild ales, it was actually first isolated from British stock ales, hence its name meaning ’British Fungus’ in Greek. It is believed that Brett living within the wooden barrels used to age these stock ales gave them their distinctive complexity and smoothness. Taking Stock was aged in oak barrels for eight months with the specific Brett strain that was originally isolated from these stock ales.

11.5% ABV